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or seignory
as in duchy
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La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
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The Duchy of Cornwall, established in 1337 by King Edward III, is one of two royal duchies, a type of land management and financial investment firm that can carry the functions of a corporation or trust.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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In October, Andrew was stripped of his princely title, his dukedom, and a number of awards and honorifics.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
2 Feb. 2026
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However, the scandal surrounding King Charles' brother, the former Prince Andrew — who was stripped of his dukedom as well as his other royal titles, including prince, in October 2025 — has led some to believe that the York title is tainted and won't be reassigned in the future.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
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Monaco's population of 38,000 is heavily Catholic and multinational, with only a fifth of the population actually citizens of the principality.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Monaco’s population of 38,000 is heavily Catholic and multinational, with only a fifth of the population actually citizens of the principality.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Yet the man currently in charge of the kingdom, the one who has added two championships of his own to the university coffers, is struggling with the old vocabulary in this very modern-day college athletics world.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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And 34 years after Euro Disney became a punchline, a brand-new kingdom opened in the fields east of Paris — for the first time in forever.—
Thomas Adamson,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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After six months of backpacking, Martha was feeling very Taoist, very detached, just a big naked eyeball wandering around, absorbing all the astonishing things there were to see at the frayed edges of a defunct feudal empire.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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For nearly 30 years, this table served as the primary research and development lab for a food empire.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mamdani didn't take kindly to the Nassau County executive's incursion into his domain, CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reported.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Technical fluency without domain fluency produces impressive demos and disappointing results.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Then comes along Hail Project Mary to upend the prevailing theory that the multiplex has become the dominion of sequels, threequels and endless franchise installments.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Mar. 2026
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Many key figures were associated with a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which aims to establish Christian dominion over American society and government.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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But right from the start of the republic, presidents have chosen close political allies to serve as attorney general.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Its Ten-Point Plan calls for a secular democratic republic, a non-nuclear Iran, gender equality, separation of religion and state, a free-market economy, peaceful coexistence with the world, and recognition of the rights of Iran’s diverse nationalities within a unified country.—
Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Seigniory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seigniory. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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